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Analysts this week delivered a sweep of target price cuts across two sectors: regulated utilities and aerospace and defence. The pattern suggests growing caution about near-term earnings in both industries. Six major…
Insiders at several large US companies have been filing notable sales over the past month. Diamondback Energy leads the selling list among large caps. The oil and gas producer is up 31% year to date, giving executives…
Short interest in CHWY exploded this week. Bearish positions jumped 25.6 percentage points in seven days. They now stand at 92.2% of free float, one of the highest readings among US large-caps right now. The move is…
Charles Schwab set the pace today, reporting Q3 2026 results this morning. The week only gets heavier from here. GM reports Monday, followed by Netflix and Intuitive Surgical after Monday's close. Tesla drops its Q3…
Options sentiment is skewing bearish this week as traders position for a heavy earnings calendar. Tesla, General Motors, and Netflix all report within days. Put buyers are active ahead of each print. CRWV is the…
SCHW kicked off earnings season today. Charles Schwab reported Q3 2026 results this morning, setting the tone for a packed week. Tuesday brings TFC Truist Financial. The regional bank reports Q3 as investors watch net…
Latvia's nearly-new car market delivered a record September. According to the ORTEX Latvia car registrations dataset (sourced from Latvian vehicle registers), 72 nearly-new vehicles were registered in September 2026.…
Analysts reshuffled ratings across financials and industrials on Thursday, with two calls standing out for opposite reasons. PGR drew the sharpest move. The Progressive Corporation was downgraded by consensus analysts,…
Activist fund Corvex Management has filed disclosures showing it sold roughly $215 million worth of ILMN stock between May and early September. The bulk of the sales landed in late August and early September, with…
Short interest in CHWY jumped 21 percentage points in a single week. The pet retailer now has 89.4% of its free float sold short. That is the biggest seven-day rise among large-caps tracked by ORTEX. WOLF sits close…
Japan pulled in $13.5B of net ETF inflows in a single week. That is the standout number in this week's fund flow data, and it signals a sharp pivot toward Asia after months of domestic US dominance. The US remains the…
The week's first major results are already in motion. SCHW reported Q3 this morning before the open, and Interactive Brokers slipped after its own print despite analyst targets holding firm. The pace accelerates…
Chip stocks are drawing the heaviest options flow this week. NVDA and MU top both the positive and negative bets leaderboard over the past seven days. That two-sided activity signals traders are buying protection while…
Today kicks off a packed earnings stretch. SCHW reports Q3 results this morning before the open. TFC hosts its Q3 earnings call at 8am Eastern. Thursday brings the week's first major industrial prints. STLD and CCK…
Domino's Pizza took one of the day's sharper target price cuts. Analysts trimmed the consensus to $356.85, down from $367.15. That is a drop of more than $10 on average across the panel, with 15 holds and 14 sells in…
NVIDIA independent director Mark Stevens filed seven sell transactions in early September, disclosing he offloaded roughly $411M worth of shares between 31 August and 2 September. The trades were reported to regulators…
Short sellers moved hard into CHWY this week. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped 21.4 points in seven days to 89.4%. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves across any large-cap US stock right…
September's all-items CPI-U index hit 336.94, the highest reading since the series began in 1997. The headline number is alarming on its face. But the detail underneath is more nuanced. Core CPI fell to a 2.6% annual…
Options flow this week is dominated by two forces: a crammed earnings calendar and an inflation print that is reshaping rate expectations. Chewy is attracting the most bearish attention. The stock is down 40%…
SCHW and BNY report this morning. Charles Schwab releases figures at 8:30am ET. Bank of New York Mellon posted before the open. Both follow a strong run for US financials. Tomorrow, TFC reports at 8am ET. The regional…
